'L'Aquila City of Books' returns, with Guerri, Travaglio, Sangiuliano, and Osho

The third edition of the festival will be held from Friday 19th to Sunday 21st September at the Auditorium del Parco in the Abruzzo capital.

"L'Aquila City of Books" is back. The third edition of the festival, which brings together the best of literature, journalism, and ideas circulating in Italian cultural debate, will be held from Friday, September 19th to Sunday, September 21st at the Auditorium del Parco in the Abruzzo capital.

This year's program, the organizers stated in a statement, is even richer. After the success of 2023 and 2024, we have decided to bring the best Italian culture has to offer. We will open on Friday evening at 6:30 pm with Giordano Bruno Guerri, who will take us into the world of Gabriele D'Annunzio, the Abruzzese par excellence. Following this, we will have the director of Il Fatto Quotidiano, Marco Travaglio, who will be in conversation with the journalist from L'Aquila, Alessandro Rico. On Saturday, we will begin with an event dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the death of the European philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, with Miska Ruggeri and the philosopher Corrado Ocone. Following this, we will recount the Italy of crime news seen in the events of the Magliana gang, then we will discuss the centenary of the birth of the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. In the evening, we will have as our guest the former Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, who will talk about one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. irreverent figures of Italian journalism, Giuseppe Prezzolini. Finally, the deputy editor of La Verità, Francesco Borgonovo, will lead us through Jean Raspail's "The Field of Saints."

On Sunday, the final day, the event will feature local historians and thinkers led by Angelo De Nicola. In the afternoon, Salvatore Santangelo will present his book on Napoleon, followed by a debate between former L'Aquila mayors Massimo Cialente and Biagio Tempesta. The evening finale will feature the irreverent approach of Federico Palmaroli, aka Osho, and the wisdom of historian Franco Cardini in conversation with Claudio Siniscalchi. This meticulous effort was made possible thanks to the High Patronage of the Abruzzo Region, the Regional Council, the Province, and the Municipality, with the support of the city's mayor, Pierluigi Biondi, city councilor Claudia Pagliariccio, and the regional councilor for education and culture, Roberto Santangelo.